缺磷症和肝功障碍奶牛血清碱性磷酸酶同功酶的诊断价值

本文应用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶圆盘电泳分析了81头健康、26头缺磷症、30头肝功障碍和17头缺磷症伴肝功障碍牛的血清AKP同功酶,并以热灭活试验鉴定其组织来源,探讨了该酶对奶牛缺磷症和肝功障碍的诊断价值。结果表明,健康和病牛血清中均有5条带,其中快带(SF)和慢-1(SS-1)存在于全部血清样中,其余3条慢带仅在部分血清中出现。具有诊断意义的SF和SS-1分别来源于肝脏和骨骼。健康牛的肝带和骨带均无弥散现象,两带间有明显间隔;缺磷症牛的骨带弥散并与肝带相连,形成一条宽而着色深的酶带;肝功障碍牛的肝带弥散,着色加深,但与骨带有间隙;缺磷症伴肝功障碍牛的肝带和骨带均有弥散,形成一条很宽而着色很深的酶带。上述酶谱变化可作为奶牛缺磷症和(或)肝功障碍的重要诊断指标。     

Behavior of European pear cultivars to floral bud necrosis in southern Brazil

The pear crop offers an expansive market opportunity in southern Brazil, because of suitable climatic conditions and available infrastructure. However, there are still some barriers that prevent satisfactory economic production. Floral bud necrosis (FBN) is one of the main problems afflicting pear orchards in southern Brazil. FBN is characterized by the occurrence of necrosis in the flower primordia of floral buds decreasing the crop yield potential. The objective of this work was to evaluate the behavior of European pear cultivars (Clapp's Favourite, Conference, Packham's Triumph, Rocha, Abate Fetel, Santa Maria, Decana and William's) grafted on quince rootstocks (Adams, EMA and EMC) to FBN susceptibility in two different phenological stages (vegetative dormancy and green tip) and two different edaphoclimatic regions (Fraiburgo/SC and Urupema/SC) of southern Brazil during the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 growing seasons. Twenty floral buds at both phenological stages of vegetative dormancy and green tip were collected in 10 randomized plants per plot in each region. The floral buds were assessed by microscope following the symptomatic scale of: 1. Floral buds with absence of necrosis; 2. Floral buds with partial necrosis and, 3. Floral buds with total necrosis. The combinations Conference/Adams and Packham's Triumph/EMA and the combination Abate Fetel/Adams showed the highest severity of floral bud necrosis in both phenological stages evaluated in the region of Fraiburgo/SC and Urupema/SC, respectively. The Clapp's Favourite/EMA and Conference/EMC combinations significantly showed the lowest severity of FBN in both the phenological stages of vegetative dormancy and green tip in both regions of Fraiburgo/SC and Urupema/SC, in the edaphoclimatic conditions of southern Brazil during the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 growing seasons.     

The fruit pitting disorder—A physiological anomaly in mango (Mangifera indica L.) due to deficiency of calcium and boron

A new disorder known as fruit pitting has been observed in some Indian mango orchards during the recent years. In this disorder, there is a development of some sunken pits on fruit peel, which distract consumers. Based on preliminary observations, it was observed that deficiency of nutrients could be the cause, and hence systematic studies were conducted in five indigenous cultivars such as ‘Alphonso’, ‘Amrapali’, ‘Dashehari’, ‘Mallika’ and ‘Neelum’, and five exotic mango cultivars such as ‘Edward’, ‘Irwin’, ‘Rosari’, ‘Sensation’ and ‘Tommy Atkins’ with the aim to observe the fruit pitting incidence and degree, and to investigate its probable causes. Our studies indicated that nearly 13% of the mango fruit was affected by fruit pitting with variable degree and magnitude. All indigenous cultivars had higher incidence of fruit pitting than exotic cultivars. ‘Dashehari’ had the maximum incidence of fruit pitting (30.3%), followed by ‘Amrapali’ (28.6%), and ‘Rosari’ the least (3.4%). Our studies indicated that the incidence of fruit pitting in mangoes was nearly 13% with a significant variability among the cultivars (Table 1). Although the concentrations of most of the major nutrients such as N, P, K, Mg, and minor nutrients such as Cu, Mn, Fe, Zn, did not differ significantly. However, the pitted fruit had lower Ca (1.53%) and B (22 mg kg⁻¹) concentrations than normal fruit (2.47% and 38 mg kg⁻¹, respectively), indicating that deficiency of Ca and B probably is the cause for fruit pitting in mangoes.     

A Review and Bibliography of the Literature of Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder: A Poorly Understood Epidemic that Clearly Threatens the Successful Pollination of Billions of Dollars of Crops in America

ABSTRACT

This article briefs agricultural librarians on three key aspects of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a disease involving the virtually total disappearance and presumed annihilation of the adult bee population of hives: (1) the yearly multibillion dollar importance of honeybees as the nation's key crop pollinators and the annual $200 million domestic production and export of honey; (2) the more common bee diseases and well-known hive stressors that current theories of CCD suggest interact with each other in some as yet undetermined combination, perhaps including new pathogens to which most American bees have limited or no immunity; and (3) several bees other than the honeybee that are not currently affected by CCD and that have some potential as partial substitute pollinators for some crops.     

蜂群崩溃失调病(CCD)研究进展

2006年冬到2007年春,蜂群崩溃失调病(colony collapse disorder,简称CCD)在世界范围内流行,已造成巨大损失。CCD是指意蜂蜂群中大量的成年工蜂短时间内突然在巢外失踪,没有发现尸体,只剩下蜂王、卵、一些未成年的工蜂和大量蜜粉残留于巢脾内的症状。到目前为止,经调查发现以色列急性麻痹病毒(Israeliacute paralysis virus,IAPV)是导致CCD的最大嫌疑,但CCD的确切致病机理尚未揭开。本文综述了CCD的主要症状、可能的致病原因等方面的研究进展,提出若干需要高度关注的问题,以及防范CCD的措施。     

开架借阅弊端对策新探

针对高校图书馆开架流通借阅服务工作中出现的乱架问题，从工作人员、读者、图书馆硬件设施等探讨乱架原因，结合自己的实践经验，提出改善措施。     

Laparoscopic Gonadectomy in Two Intersex Warmblood Horses

Two phenotypically female Warmblood horses were presented at the Clinic for Horses owing to stallion-like behavior. One mare had an enlarged clitoris, whereas the other one showed no signs of ambiguous external genitalia. In both cases, intra-abdominal testicles were removed by laparoscopy. Hormone status, cytogenetic evaluation, and histopathological examination of the gonads were performed. One animal was diagnosed as having XX disorder of sexual development; the other one, as male pseudohermaphrodite.     

Cytogenetics and molecular genetics of patients with disorder of sex deve-lopment

AIM: To explore the cytogenetics and molecular genetics of the patients with disorder of sex deve-lopment. METHODS: Three patients of 46, XX male sex-reversal syndrome and 1 patient of female pseudoherma-phroditism received gene copy number detection of sex-determining region Y gene (SRY), CYP21A2, DSS, DAX1, WNT4, SOX9, NR5A1 by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA). Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis was also performed to map the genes using the probes from the bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clone. RESULTS: The single-copied SRY gene was detected by MLPA among the 3 patients of 46, XX male sex-reversal syndrome. FISH analysis revealed that there were double X chromosomes, and SRY gene was translocated to the short arm of one of the X chromosomes. Chromosome analysis of the mother of the female pseudoherma-phroditism patient was 46, XX, whose MLPA analysis showed loss of heterozygosity at CYP21A2-ex03 and amplification at CYP21A1P-ex02. Chromosome analysis of her father was 46, XY, whose MLPA analysis revealed loss of heterozygosity at CYP21A2-ex01 and CYP21A2-ex03,and amplification at CYP21A1P-ex02 and CYP21A1-ex10. CONCLUSION: Sex determination is a process controlled by SRY gene and other genes also participate in. The copy number detection of SRY gene and other genes by MLPA contributes to determine the etiology of the patients with disorder of sex development.     

The potential for commonly measured at-harvest fruit characteristics to predict chilling susceptibility of ‘Hort16A’ kiwifruit

The propensity for physiological disorders to arise during low temperature storage of kiwifruit is a significant commercial risk. The potential to use fruit characteristics (flesh colour, soluble solids content (SSC), dry matter and firmness) estimated non-destructively at harvest as markers for the susceptibility of ‘Hort16A’ kiwifruit to chilling injury (CI) has been investigated for individual fruit. While the fruit that developed CI during storage were some of the least advanced fruit on each orchard, the flesh colour, SSC, firmness and dry matter of the susceptible fruit differed considerably among orchards, such that there was not a clear minimum or maximum threshold for which fruit did or did not develop CI across all orchards. There was a large ‘orchard factor’ in the susceptibility of fruit to CI that was as important, if not more important, than the flesh colour, SSC, firmness and dry matter values. The ‘orchard factor’ may derive from a combination of environmental conditions and/or orchard management practices, in conjunction with fruit growth and development. Hence it is concluded that a generally applicable at-harvest prediction of ‘Hort16A’ fruit susceptibility to CI is not possible from an at-harvest non-destructive estimation of flesh colour, SSC, firmness and dry matter.